Victor Davis Hanson Given the leftwing hysterical responses to all of Trump’s thirty-day-old initiatives, let us remember what just a few months ago were the alternatives. 1) War. The Biden non-strategy for the Ukraine war was to provide enough aid for Ukraine to continue, but not enough to win and incite nuclear Russia. There was […]
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6) Why did Putin go into Ukraine in 2014 and 2022? We have mentioned the role of the Obama hot-mic appeasement and Putin’s later invasion. We still do not know the U.S. role in the Ukrainian street violence of 2014 that drove out the pro-Russian but legitimately elected President Viktor Yanukovych. Nor do we know
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3) A War to the Last Ukrainian? The U.S. political dynamics of war and peace have been utterly reversed. Supposedly hawkish and bloodthirsty Republicans have never supported the leftwing desire to bleed out Russia by fighting it to the last Ukrainian. Joe Biden rarely if ever deplored the horrific carnage on both sides. Donald Trump
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Victor Davis Hanson There are lots of hysterias, lies, and untruths about the Ukrainian envisioned “peace” and “settlement.” Here are a few: 1) The Donbas and Crimea misinformation. It was never the policy of the Obama administration—during which its foolish Russian “reset” blew up when Putin invaded the Donbas and Crimea—to retake either Crimea or
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Listen to Victor Davis Hanson talk about the Left’s accusations that Trump’s DOGE is not unconstitutional. Transcript of “DOGE Is Not a Constitutional Crisis” for Ultra Subscribers Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for our Ultra Friday show. There’s been a hysterical response from the left as usual about Donald Trump’s DOGE activities, and I’d
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Victor Davis Hanson Democrats mostly see Americans merely as a conglomeration of separate tribes: blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, gays, women, transsexuals, and upscale bicoastal whites. In their tribalist views, all the groups are seen as more loyal to their own tribal members than they are either to other tribes or to America itself. In what
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Victor Davis Hanson In their limited self-reflection, the Left keeps looking for reasons why they have lost the House, the Senate, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court—and both the Electoral College and popular vote. In lieu of confronting the frightening truth that their message is largely antithetical to the values and wishes of the majority
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Victor Davis Hanson discusses the current state of the Democratic Party, highlighting its declining public confidence and failures across various issues. He emphasizes the party’s inability to adapt and the hysteria surrounding figures like Elon Musk, unfairly demonized by Democrats. Share This
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Various polls show historical lows of public support for the Democratic Party, ranging from 31 to 41 percent approval. Yet at the same time during a recent Democrat leadership conference, various panelists unanimously claimed that racism and sexism alone accounted for the defeat of Kamala Harris. Do they think, then, that white male Joe Biden
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